A three-member lead group was constituted by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to formulate a plan of action for targeted spending of the road safety fund and to further reduce accident rate in the state.
Rs 20 crore has been made available to the fund this year.
Though the state had reported the steepest annual decline in deaths caused by road accidents over a 10-year period, the chief minister made it clear that the number of road accidents need to be curtailed further to realise his government's vision of making Punjab accident-free.
The three-member Lead Group, that will look into ways to ensure that the fund is spent judiciously, would comprise the home secretary, the transport secretary and ADGP, an official spokesperson said
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